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Dear R users, I am having problems building R packages in Windows xp. I have followed the instructions from Peter E. Rossi in Documentation -> Other, except for the TeX version (fpTeX), since when I go to the recommended webpage, it is said that fpTeX has been discontinued. I have MikTeX in my computer, and I have followed the recommendations in

Hello, When building my package (R CMD check) following error message occurs: ... varinf.plot text html latex example x text html latex example make[2]: *** No rule to make target `disclosure.chm`. Stop. cp: cannot stat 'D:/Programme/R/rw2010dev/disclosure/chm/disclosure.chm`: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [chm-disclosure] Error 1 make: ***

Hello, Apologies in advance if this should be in R-devel, not Rhelp. I did read through the R-devel thread started by Gabor Grothendieck in September of this year - I am getting the exact same error using a new computer that has XP installed, not vista, complaining that the file hhc.exe is not found. I have downloaded the hhc.exe to HTML Help Workshop dir in Program Files but it says that

Hi, I have been developing a small package. It install under RedHat Linux 9.0 without a problem. However, I have a small problem under Windows XP. I am using R-1.8.0 on both systems and HTML Help Workshop 4.74.8702.0 on Windows XP. I created the package under Linux. When I try to install the package created under Linux in Windows XP using c:\rtest> rcmd install rtest I get the following

Dear R-helpers, I'm having trouble compiling R packages from source on Win2K. I installed R 1.7.1beta [1] on my win2k machine [2], downloaded the fields package as source [3] and tried but failed to install the package [4]. I get the same problem with other packages, so it doesn't appear to be limited to fields. Installation of precompiled packages seems to work fine. I've been

I am using R-1.9.1 with windows 2000 and trying to build a package. However, when I issue the command: RCMD build --binary BSDA I get: >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'BSDA' Formats: chm hhc: not found cp: cannot stat `C:/R191/R191/JUNK/BSDA/chm/BSDA.chm': No such file or direc tory make[1]: *** [chm-BSDA] Error 1 make: *** [pkg-BSDA] Error 2 ***

Hi I have a package which was built using R 1.9.1 and everything worked fine. I recently upgraded to R 2.0.1 and tried to re-install my package - and I got: Error in library(mypackage) : 'mypackage' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0? So I tried rebuilding it using my new version of R: R CMD BUILD --binary mypackage hhc: not found cp: cannot stat `mypackage.chm': No

Hi, If I want to build R-patched from source (on Windows), do I need to edit Makefile and/or MkRules at all? I have followed all instructions in the INSTALL file (under R-patched/src/gnuwin32/), as well as downloaded all the files from http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/ . My PATH variable has been modified accordingly. Now, with the only change to MkRules I made was to modify the Tcl/Tk

hello, my name is Roman Pahl and recently i tried to build a package under Windows. I created the skeleton and did alle the documentation stuff. As i wanted to check it using the 'R CMD CHECK pkgname' command in the Dos-= console some errors appeared. I don=B4t know how to handle. Here are important parts of the log: I marked my questions with a "<-------= ---"

Hi, I am getting the following error when using R CMD INSTALL ever since I upgraded to R-2.7.1: hhc: not found CHM compile failed: HTML Help Workshop not intalled? As indicated, the package is installed but without CHM help files. I have downloaded the latest version of Rtools and I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling HTML Help Workshop. I have also tried rebuilding the package several

Dear List, I have been experimenting with building packages from sources, having previously relied upon the binaries. I downloaded and installed all the tools suggested in http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/ , including ActivePerl 5.6.1.631. I also downloaded the HTML Help workshop exe and installed it. During install though, a message popped up to say that I had a newer version of the

Dear All, I have tried to install the tensor package (from: http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES.html#tensor ), using the comand: " shell("Rcmd INSTALL tensor") " then I got the following mensage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- make: Entering directory `/d/bin/cran/rw1022/src/gnuwin32' make DLLNM= EXTRADOCS= \

Hello, I've spent a while reading about configuring WINE for use with hhc.exe to create .chm files. These instructions almost work: http://code.google.com/p/htmlhelp/wiki/HHW4Wine But, when comparing the Windows-generated .chm to the Linux-generated .chm, the Linux-generated one does not have sorted or consolidated index entries. It seems that whatever part of the process is responsible for

Friends, I changed one line of a package at the source level and then rebuilt it. When I run R CMD check, I get an error: installing R.css in C:/polsplineRS.Rcheck ---------- Making package polsplineRS ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION making DLL ... making hareall.d from hareall.c making heftall.d from heftall.c making lsdall.d from lsdall.c making lspecall.d from lspecall.c

Hello, I'm trying to package some source files that link R to a broker using a Java API and the rJava package. I am successful doing the connection and operate on it using my R code. I would like to package the files and release the package. I created some S4 classes to hold several Java objects. I use WinXP and R 2.7.1. I've searched RSeek and the Wiki for help, but could not find a

Hi all I am not sure this question is better suitted for the R-devel or R-help, but here it goes anyway I am not a software developer but I have produced a personal set of functions that I would like now to combine in a package. I am finding this really hard to do only by following the manuals provided (the language is for software developers I guess which I am far to be). Even so I could

Dear All, With the warm support of every R expert, I have built my R library successfully. Especially thanks: Duncan Murdoch Gabor Grothendieck Henrik Bengtsson Uwe Ligges Without your help, I will lower efficiency. I noticed that some other friends were puzzled by the method of building library. Now, I organize a document about it. Hoping it can help more friends. 1. Read

Dear all, I have done every step as the previous mail. 1. unpack tools.zip into c:\cygwin 2. install Active perl in c:\Perl 3. install the mingw32 in c:\mingwin 4. add "c:\cygwin; c:\mingwin\bin" in "Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> Path -> Variable" , and they are in the beginning of the "Path" Because I install R in

Dear all I am trying to build a package in Windows. I use the following command (which it used to work with previous versions ) and I am getting the following error #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\PROGRA~1\R\rw2000\bin>Rcmd build --binary --use-zip C:\PROGRA~1\R\rw2000\src\library\gamlss * checking for

Dear all, I really appreciate your help. I think I have a little advancement. ^_^ When I enter the Dos environment, at first, into the D:\>, I type the following code: cd Program Files\R\rw2011\ bin\R CMD install /example "example" is in the d:\, which include the R folder and "DESCRIPTION" file, But I wrote nothing in the "DESCRIPTION" file. Actually, I